Cardiff's next five fixtures

"When you get disappointment as a player you go into work the next day and you do your best to prove [you're good enough] to the manager.

"Now I'm the manager and I look at whoever wants to be part of this team and who's going to help us out of this situation we are in."

As a player, Solskjaer was part of a Manchester United team famed for never giving up, typified when he scored the second of two stoppage-time goals to help the Red Devils come from behind to win the Champions League in 1999.

That "never say die" Old Trafford mentality is something the Norwegian says he still possesses, and that it applies to the situation Cardiff currently find themselves in.

"I'm never going to quit," said Solskjaer. "I'm going to be in front of these lads and guide them and lead them.

"I've got to take them somewhere they've probably never been before as in mentality and mindsets.

"It takes a lot out of players losing games like this. They're disappointed in there but it's my job to get them going again and win the five games we need."